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Arts and technology center would bring new opportunities to Parkland Posted by: Zach Powers / February 28, 2017 February 28, 2017 By Zach Powers '10PLU Marketing & CommunicationsTACOMA, WASH. (Feb. 28, 2017)- Community leaders behind the Pierce Center for Arts & Technology (PCAT) have big plans to create a wide variety of new opportunities for both youth and adults in the South Sound region. The recently established nonprofit organization is working toward raising the funds needed to renovate
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fascinated with the global economy. He saw how different the images of the industrialized nations were compared to the developing ones he grew up in, and started wondering how people create financial wealth. “What is wrong here?” he recalled thinking. “Why not Africa? Why not other nations?” That initial curiosity, combined with his desire to study abroad after high school, eventually landed Samba in the Master of Science in Finance graduate program at Pacific Lutheran University. “I felt like this could
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models to predict a safe and suitable path for the car to traverse. A simulated replica of our RC car is created using ROS which allowed us to test our pure pursuit algorithm and machine learning models. Once the simulations achieve success, the instructions are implemented onto the physical hardware of the car. 4:00pm – Genre Busters Devin Ober (BA), Keith Petitt (BS/Poly Sci) “Genre Busters” is a project made to satisfy a niche in the deck building genre. As a mixture of card based strategy and
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Student Showcase 2024-2025A Celebration of Student Performers and ComposersStudent Showcase is an annual competition sponsored by the School of Music, Theatre & Dance providing selected students with an opportunity to perform as soloists with one of the University’s large instrumental ensembles in the Spring semester.Eligibility All PLU students who are currently registered for private instruction (MUSI 202-219 or 402-419) and studying with one of the PLU studio faculty in the area of
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Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden, aims to keep men and women safe by challenging all of us—as active bystanders—to put an end to sexual assault. When staff members at PLU’s Women’s Center heard of the campaign, they knew it was something they wanted to bring to campus. “It excited us because we knew it was something students could get behind,” said Women’s Center Victim Advocate Jennifer Warwick. And they have. Students and staff alike have signed pledges saying they will work, actively, to
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social progress. Mentored at the University of Washington by PLU alumni Connie Kravas ’67 and Eric Godfrey ’70, Zeno’s goal is to empower communities to solve their own challenges through shared learning and mutual benefitting activities. For Zeno, this practice of active listening and community equipping, aligned with a university’s strengths and resources, is the most powerful way to create real, lasting societal change. As UW’s chief community builder for equity and inclusion, Zeno developed
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faculty to incorporate service-learning in their courses, helping students to bridge the gap between classroom learning and curricular and co-curricular service experiences, and supporting the various community partners that welcomed students and faculty into their work in the community. Kristin earned a Master of Education in College Student Affairs and is currently pursuing a Doctorate of Philosophy in Higher Education from Azusa Pacific University. In addition, she holds a Certification in
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subsurface wealth and all that this seemed to promise them, on earth and in heaven. Biography Darren Dochuk is Associate Professor in the Department of History at the University of Notre Dame. He is the author of From Bible Belt to Sunbelt: Plain-folk Religion, Grassroots Politics, and the Rise of Evangelical Conservatism, published by Norton in 2011, which won the Society of American Historians’ Allan Nevins Prize, American Historical Association’s John H. Dunning book prize for outstanding historical
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2016 Sponsors and PartnersThe Powell-Heller Conference on Holocaust Education remains free to all because of the generosity of those listed below. Thank you for helping us share the important lessons of history. Become a SponsorIf you are interested in becoming a sponsor, please contact Aileen Bacon at baconaq@plu.edu or 253-535-7385Conference SponsorsPowell Family Foundation Nancy Powell & Paul Kirschner Carol & Harry Heller Jean Walsh Concert SponsorAnonymous Keynote SponsorWomen of Valor
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to promoting stronger commercial, educational, and cultural engagement with China. Jim Mockford President, Northwest China Council Established 1980. Our mission is to promote a greater understanding of Chinese history, culture, business, and contemporary affairs in the Pacific Northwest. 10:45AM - 12:00 Noon Panel 2: Cultural Connections Paul Manfredi Professor of Chinese, Pacific Lutheran University Zhu Yuming Poet, painter Lü De’an Poet, painter Zhang Er Poet, Librettist, Tacoma Method 12:00PM
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